Rents rose by 2.5 per cent in the year

During the third quarter of 2017, the
year-on-year increase in rents was 2.5 per cent. The rents of
non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by an average of 2.4 per
cent in the whole country. In the Greater Helsinki Area the rents
of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by 2.3 per cent and in
the rest of Finland by 2.4 per cent. The rents of government
subsidised dwellings rose by 2.6 per cent in the whole country.
Compared to the previous quarter, the rents of non-subsidised
dwellings increased by an average of 0.6 cent and the rents of
government subsidised dwellings by 0.5 per cent.

The development of rents and consumer prices,
2010=100

The data derive from quarterly statistics on rents compiled by
Statistics Finland. The rent statistics are based on interview data
collected in connection with the Labour Force Survey and on the
Population Register Centre’s Building and Dwelling
Register.